Dave n others, how are you securing the fuel tank in the back of the cockpit (added eyes for a bungee?) and what do you do to vent the tank and keep it from heating up in the sun- just leave the vent open all the time? Or some kind of pressure valve? I’d love a setup I could leave in place but given our sunny berth and the m15s lack of an isolated gas locker, I take the gas can home after every sail. Daydream of a wooden locker that would fit in stern where I could leave tank out of sun, but can’t decide if it’s over complicating things. Thanks other Dave for the detailed notes on fuel usage-that went straight to my boat notes for future trip planning! Alex On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 6:57 AM David Grah via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
We use a 3.5 gallon (sometimes a 6 gallon) plastic fuel tank secured in the back of the cockpit. We use a rubber fuel hose with a rubber bulb pump to pump fuel from the plastic tank through a modified fuel cap on the motor and periodically fill the tank on the motor. The cap is modified by drilling a hole in the middle of it and screwing in a fitting to take the rubber hose. We usually get a couple of hours on a tank in the motor so end up pumping it full every hour or so if we are motoring continuously. Usually takes 10 to 30 squeezes of the bulb to fill the tank back up. It is a system I learned about in this forum and works great. David GrahBishop CaliforniaMontgomery 15
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:09:44 +0000 From: Jim Sadler <jimsadler@jascopacific.com> Subject: M_Boats: Fuel transfer at ses To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <BY5PR13MB3859156E1A7AA57D6CB16EABD58E9@BY5PR13MB3859.nam prd13.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
How do you add fuel to outboard motor in rough sea? Capt Jim SV Pelican M15
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